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1880 Canandaigua, New York - 1946 Huntington, New York. Known for: Abstract botanic landscape painting.
Born in Canandaigua, upstate New York, Arthur Dove is credited as being the first innovative abstract painter in America. Many of his abstractions showed obvious Oriental influence and were derived... Read full biography
Born in Canandaigua, upstate New York, Arthur Dove is credited as being the first innovative abstract painter in America. Many of his abstractions showed obvious Oriental influence and were derived from landscape and organic subjects with color used freely and calligraphic line emphasizing energy... Read full biography
Born in Canandaigua, upstate New York, Arthur Dove is credited as being the first innovative abstract painter in America. Many of his abstractions showed obvious Oriental influence and were derived from landscape and organic subjects with color used freely and calligraphic line emphasizing energy or force. Generally his method was to make watercolor sketches outdoors and later oil paintings in his studio. He also made assemblages from a variety of materials including aluminum, tin, copper,... Read full biography
Born in Canandaigua, upstate New York, Arthur Dove is credited as being the first innovative abstract painter in America. Many of his abstractions showed obvious Oriental influence and were derived from landscape and organic subjects with color used freely and calligraphic line emphasizing energy or force. Generally his method was to make watercolor sketches outdoors and later oil paintings in his studio. He also made assemblages from a variety of materials including aluminum, tin, copper, glass, wood, fabric, and found objects. Some were three dimensional like sculpture, and he was a meticulous craftsman. He was named for the presidential and vice presidential candidates in 1880 and grew up in a conventional upper middle class family in... Read full biography
Born in Canandaigua, upstate New York, Arthur Dove is credited as being the first innovative abstract painter in America. Many of his abstractions showed obvious Oriental influence and were derived from landscape and organic subjects with color used freely and calligraphic line emphasizing energy or force. Generally his method was to make watercolor sketches outdoors and later oil paintings in his studio. He also made assemblages from a variety of materials including aluminum, tin, copper, glass, wood, fabric, and found objects. Some were three dimensional like sculpture, and he was a meticulous craftsman. He was named for the presidential and vice presidential candidates in 1880 and grew up in a conventional upper middle class family in Geneva, New York where his father was a brickmaker and contractor. Dove started drawing at an early ag... Read full biography
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Art Method
- •Collage and/or Decoupage
- •Easel Painting
- •Illustration, Illustrator
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
- •Sculpture, Three Dimensional Forms, Sculptor
Art Media
- •Aluminum/Aluminium
- •Charcoal
- •Conte Crayon
- •Gouache
- •Ink
- •Mixed Media, Multi Media and/or Multli Styles
- •Oil Paint
- •Pastel Painting/Drawing
- •Pen and Ink Drawing
- •Tempera
- •Watercolor/Watercolour
- •Works on Paper
Art Style
- •Abstraction, Abstract
- •Fauve, Fauvism, Strong, Vivid Coloration
- •Impressionism Before 1940
- •Modernist, Modernism (Partially Abstract, Leading Edge)
- •Realist, Representational, Naturalist Style
Art Subject
- •Animals, Mammals
- •Architecture Trained: Design and Drawing
- •Botanics, Plant Life
- •Landscape
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Marine, Maritime, Riverfront, Boats, Canoes, Steam Boats, Nautical
- •Mountain Views, Mountainscapes
- •Religion, Mysticism, Spirituality
- •Seascapes, Seasides
- •Still Life
- •Waterfowl
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Long Island, New York
Art Association
- •Salons of America
- •Society of Illustrators-
- •Society of Independent Artists-
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
Art Collection
- •Bakkom Photo Collection, St. Paul, Minnesota (2)
- •Daniel J Terra Collection
- •Edith and Milton Lowenthal
- •Gerald Peters Collection
- •John & Dolores Beck Collection
- •Sara Roby Foundation
Added Description
- •Abstraction Specialty
- •Botany Specialty
- •COLLIER'S Magazine Illustrator and/or Photographer
- •HARPER'S WEEKLY, BAZAAR, MONTHLY Illustrator/Photos
- •Illustration Specialty
- •Pastel Specialty
Notable Commercial Gallery Representation, Pre 21s
- •Edith Halpert Downtown Gallery, New York
- •Little Galleries of Photo Secession 291, New York
Exhibition of Art Association
- •Salons of America-
- •Society of Illustrators
- •Society of Independent Artists--
Exhibition of Museum
- •Art Institute of Chicago
- •Museum of Fine Arts Boston
- •Museum of Modern Art, New York
- •Whitney Biennial Museum of American Art
Exhibition By An Art School
- •The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts